pelvis
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His father suffered a major injury to his left leg and pelvis after being hit by the car, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
When Fiona Gill was struck by a van she was left with a shattered pelvis, two broken vertebrae and a broken leg.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Because her endometriosis had been left untreated for so long, it had formed into frozen pelvis disease where "everything was stuck together".
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
He crashed onto the saddle horn when his horse stopped suddenly at a calf-sorting event, splitting his pelvis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
I tried to keep my pelvis steady now.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
With all this research out there showing how gestation seems to be limited primarily by maternal metabolism, why this notion that we’re compromised by our pelves?
From Scientific American ● Sep. 5, 2012
In cases where the conjugata vera is above 7 centimetres in flat pelves and 7.5 centimetres in generally contracted pelves, the treatment can not be reduced to general rules.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley
The female pelvis differs comparatively little from the European; but in the pelves of male Australians which I have examined, the antero-posterior and transverse diameters approach equality more nearly than is the case in Europeans.
From Critiques and Addresses by Thomas Henry Huxley
The same conditions have been observed from time to time between different breeds of dogs, whose pelves vary.
From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Eugene S. Talbot
There are very many varieties of deformed pelves, but the same rules apply to them as to those already mentioned, except that the caesarean section is oftener indicated.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley
The researchers tested samples of soil around the pelvises of remains of 19 monks and 25 locals.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2022
It was a risky gambit for the burgeoning pop star, who released her disco-kissed “Future Nostalgia” at a time when bumping pelvises in a packed nightclub was actually forbidden.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2022
But, conversely, if the methylation data suggested Neanderthals grew small pelvises, you could consider their lower pelvic bones, which are skinnier than humans’ bones are.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2019
Despite that narrowing, the pelvises of older females were still wider than male pelvises of the same age.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 25, 2016
Thirty-three Delta females, long-headed, sandy, with narrow pelvises, and all within 20 millimetres of 1 metre 69 centimetres tall, were cutting screws.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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